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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I got tired of reading all the other crap on this site and decided to post my own crap. I'm fed up with so-called job shops. I think they should be forced to call themselves what they are: applicant screening shops. Here in Southern Oregon, unemployment has gone ballistic. In the largest city (Medford) there are 19 jobs listed and some of those are for work-at-home schemes. This is because the employers are prevented from talking to applicants, qualified or not. Screeners are controlling the market. These screening agencies have taken all the interactive element completely out of a job search. They do it by denying anyone who isn't 100.0000000% qualified (in their opinion) access to an employer about an opportunity. In my case, I have applied for over 50 positions in two years through screeners and have never gotten a call for an interview. Not one. I make sure my qualifications match the stated requirements for the job but never hear anything. I send updated resumes when needed and supply way more information than most people would, because I believe more information is good and will help define my skills better. I have to do the best I can working low paying jobs that I can get on my own. I'm denied opportunities because some jerk middle-man doesn't think I'll "fit". The truth is, I've NEVER had a job I had done before. I've always sold myself and performed beyond the expectations of the employer. However, for the last two years I've not been able to even talk to a higher paying employer because of this crap with job shops. I've written my senator and representative with no reply. I've begged screeners to get me an interview and let me do the work of selling myself to no avail. Base wages are also dropping in this area as these shops control them. Is anyone else running into this process? What do you think about a society depersonalizing the process of finding suitable employment? Is it a sign of a degrading society because the process is dehumanized? Is it best? Should we try to regulate an industry that serves only employers? Is it socialism? Well? ~allewyn [small](Edited by [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/user/870]Allewyn[/url] on 02-11-2009 21:05)[/small] Loading...
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